The American Federation for Aging Research

	What does the mapping of the human genome mean for aging research?
	The Human Genome Project is a massive scientific undertaking sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. Begun in 1990, this ambitious initiative seeks to identify and determine the precise makeup of all the approximately 30-40,000 genes humans possess by 2003. However, the work of the Human Genome Project is in fact just beginning, and its potential for a greater understanding of human disease and health during the years and decades to come is enormous.
	What is the Human Genome project? Click here. What has the Human Genome Project accomplished thus far? Click here. What does the Human Genome Project hope to accomplish in the near future? Click here. How might the Human Genome Project help us understand the aging process? Click here. How is what we are learning from the Human Genome Project related to age-associated diseases? Click here. What is gene therapy? Click here.
	Glossary
	What are the terms and definitions necessary to understand the Human Genome Project? Click here.
	Feature
	New genes--and a new lease on life? Click here.
	The Latest Research
	On gene therapy and heart disease Click here. On the Human Genome Project and cancer Click here. On genome-specific medications Click here. On sequencing non-human genomes Click here.
	The Future
	Of the Human Genome Project Click here.
	The Future
	Weblinks Click here. Books Click here. Selected References Click here.
	Reviewed by: Todd E. Golde, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Medical School Published: October 2001

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